Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! My Tesla Model 3 and my Genesis GV70 rental. Lindon, Utah. January 25, 2026. Photo by Fritz Hasler. Note: I believe Donald Trump has done unthinkable damage to our country and to our relations with other countries. I … Continue reading “Insurance Gas Car Rental: Like a Time-Warp after Owning a Tesla Model 3 with FSD”
GM is ending production of the gas-powered Cadillac SUV XT6 sooner than expected, and a new luxury EV will replace it. The three-row electric SUV will be placed by a new luxury Cadillac EV at GM’s Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. GM ends XT6 production for a new luxury EV After the XT4 was killed … Continue reading “GM is dropping this gas SUV sooner than expected, but a new luxury EV will step in”
Chinese automaker BYD has announced an ultra-fast EV charging system that it says can deliver a full charge to its latest EV models within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank with gas. The company says its one-megawatt flash chargers can provide enough energy for nearly … Continue reading “BYD claims its new EV charging system is almost as fast as refueling with gas”
Unger pointed out that consumers don’t change home heating appliances as frequently as cars, a nod to the recent growth of electric vehicle sales. Contractors are also apt to move cautiously because they want to be sure that a technology will work for their business model before committing to it. A medley of factors are causing heat pump … Continue reading “Heat pumps keep widening their lead on gas furnaces”
The potential high cost of EV battery replacements is a major worry for new-car shoppers, but that likely won’t be the case for long, according to battery-analysis firm Recurrent. Recurrent, which produces battery health reports for used EVs, predicts that plummeting new-battery prices will make replacing a battery pack cheaper than repairing a gasoline engine … Continue reading “Replacing an EV battery may cost less than fixing a gas engine by 2030”
The world’s first electric muscle car is finally here, and Dodge is already sweetening the deal for buyers. The Dodge Charger Daytona EV is launching with 0% APR, making it even cheaper to finance than the outgoing gas-powered model. Lease prices for the electric Charger start as low as $549 per month, but the Hellcat-like … Continue reading “Dodge Charger EV is even cheaper to finance than the gas model with 0% APR [Update]”
Adding geothermal to their toolkit “provides a window for [gas utilities] to expand their business, but in a non-polluting way,” said Mark Dyen, part of the steering team at Gas Transition Allies, a coalition focused on reducing methane emissions in the state. If gas utilities wish to expand their service or build new pipelines, the Department of Public Utilities … Continue reading “Massachusetts passes bill to speed clean energy and slow gas expansion”
Ionna on Thursday broke ground on its first EV fast-charging site which, symbolically, will be on land once occupied by a gas station. The inaugural location in Apex, North Carolina, includes one of the town’s first gas stations, which will be restored and incorporated into the new “Rechargery,” according to a press release. The site … Continue reading “First Ionna station flips gas station into EV "Rechargery"”
SB 1221 also requires that zonal decarbonization projects be cost-effective, she said: Whatever the utility spends on the project must be less than the cost of the pipeline investments they’re avoiding. At the same time, the customers being asked to commit to switching to all-electric heating and appliances have to be compensated for the extra … Continue reading “Switching California from gas to electricity, one neighborhood at a time”
Sometime this month, Norway will have more electric cars on its roads than petrol-only vehicles, according to an analysis of Norwegian government data. The analysis comes courtesy of Bilbransje24, a Norwegian auto industry publication. It used data from Norway’s Road Traffic Information Council (Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken, OFV). Norway releases detailed monthly information about auto sales … Continue reading “There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads”
